GTA 6 will likely be powered by the same engine as Red Dead 2 – albeit a heavily tweaked one

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GTA 6 will take place in two locations, feature the series’ first female lead character and could release as late as 2022, so says a new report.
It’s rumoured to be set in or around Miami or Rockstar’s version of south Florida, known as Vice City in the GTA universe, but players will also fly to South America for some missions.

For the first time in the series GTA 6 will feature a female character as one of the main leads.

So, when’s it coming out?

Rockstar hasn’t even announced the game – so we’d expect a release date of around 2020.

Some say it could be even later than that. Analyst Michael Pachter predicts the sixth instalment may come as late as 2022.

That’s some time away yet. The good news is that Red Dead Redemption 2 is nearly here – and will likely keep gamers (and Rockstar) occupied for a good chunk of time – despite it bing delayed until October 26.

“Of course at some point we would like to have one big world containing all our cities and let the player fly between them and revisit their favourite areas,” said former Rockstar President Leslie Benzies.

“In that context, re-imaging Vice City would be very interesting.”

When can we officially expect to hear something?

Now THAT is a question. Some speculate that E3 in June may be the first glimpse, but we’re not sure it’ll be that early.

Instead, we can probably expect to see some teaser material drop at some point next year – with the game likely releasing between 2020-2021.

How long does it take to make a game as big as GTA?

Usually games take around two years – but GTA may take up to three.

Benzies said GTA production started during RDR2 development and stepped up when that was done.

So expect two years full-on development, with around one-year pre-production.

“We don’t know what GTA 6 will be, but we’ve got some ideas” Benzies said in an interview with Develop.

“It comes from the idea first. Where it is going to be set is the first question.

“Then that defines the missions; you’re doing different things in LA than in New York or Miami. The map and story get worked up together, and the story is a basic flow of how it works out so you can layer the mission in.”

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